Chapter 444: The Death of Li Tian Mo

This magical device evolved from a bed crossbow, yet its projectile turns into a massive rotating throwing knife, whose lethal power is astounding— it can slice a tree as thick as one can hug, let alone any corpse demon or monster.

The native beings are advancing, and demonic cultivators are advancing as well; under the command of high‑level intelligent demonic cultivators, low‑level monsters are equipped with crudely made shield armor, or have learned to dig trenches to evade chariot‑blade attacks.

After repeated probing, the demonic cultivators finally launched another fierce offensive.

The central battlefield has already consumed nearly half of the Strong Legion of the Spirit Beast World, and with garrisons across the lands tasked with confronting the White‑Furred Tribe, there are too few troops left to send to the northern front.

After weighing the situation, the high officials of Beast King City and the human cultivators simply abandoned the fight; all the beings withdrew, and without the support of the dark canopy, the monsters can only raid at most and will eventually retreat.

Under the surveillance of aerial scouts, the demonic army surged straight in.

When the scout relayed the news that Li Tian Mo was also in the ranks to Beast King City, everyone fell silent.

With a demon‑level arch‑demon present, a temporary dark barrier spanning nearly a hundred miles forms around it, so this enemy's aim is certainly not a minor skirmish but a major operation; judging from their route, the target is almost certainly Beast King City.

The younger, vigorous faction of the divine‑beast descendants demanded to take the initiative and fight; although Li Tian Mo's flesh is powerful, he is not invincible—once his defense is broken, the dark barrier will disappear, and under sunlight the enemy's lone force will surely lose strength, become trapped, and ultimately be slain by them.

The older generation of divine beasts and most human cultivators favored retreat; at such a moment, preserving strength is paramount. Among the current masters, no one can kill Li Tian Mo, who is a being of power comparable to the Great Golden Immortal of the Celestial Realm.

More importantly, he is a demonic head who cultivates his flesh, and under the rules of the Spirit Beast World, his strength has hardly diminished.

There's no need to clash head‑on with such a powerful being. As long as the Spirit Beast World does not fall, the Celestial Realm, Celestial City, or the Primordial World will always dispatch experts to deal with the enemy. These divine‑beast descendants still harbor a faint hope that the long‑lost Spirit Beast World still exists; at a critical moment, it will appear and rescue the Spirit Beast World, which is home to countless divine‑beast descendants and beast‑cultivator offspring.

With both sides stalemated, ultimately the current new city lord of Beast King City, who is also the new generation clan head of the Golden Dragon Clan, Ao Guangzhi, made the final decision.

All the important divine‑beast descendants of Beast King City departed via a teleportation array, heading to the boundless Extreme Heaven Sea to temporarily evade the enemy's onslaught.

However, he also acceded to some of the younger faction's requests.

He left behind a group of flight‑skilled divine‑beast descendants, positioned beyond the enemy's attack range, to constantly monitor the demonic army's movements and, if possible, conduct harassment attacks.

As for the divine beasts and human cultivators confronting the giant‑spirit White‑Furred City at the western border of the Central Continent, they remain on the battlefield; if Li Tian Mo's lone force merges with the Abyss Clan, they can only count themselves unlucky.

The Spirit Beast World is vast and boundless; without the aid of a teleportation array, even Li Tian Mo's marching force would need several months to half a year to reach Beast King City, giving them ample time to depart.

Long Ye, as the new‑generation elite of the Black Dragon Clan of Beast King City, voluntarily stayed and, as the commander of the scout legion, led a group of flying divine beasts and beast cultivators northward to scout Li Tian Mo's army.

Another three months passed.

After the regular beast‑cultivator legion avoided the enemy's route, Li Tian Mo's army surged forward like a hot knife through butter, crossing the ice plains and black forest, tearing down the high wall between the Central Continent and the northern shattered archipelago, and formally entered the Central Continent.

Long Ye's legion, composed entirely of aerial divine beasts or beast cultivators, remained outside Li Tian Mo's dark barrier to observe, so despite fatigue, they faced no safety issues.

Watching the enemy burn, kill, and loot without resistance pained Long Ye's heart.

The northernmost tip of the Central Continent is Black Stone Ridge, bathed in abundant sunlight and scorching heat; at noon, a pile of dry grass on a stone ignites in half an hour.

Without the dark barrier, it would be a place demons despise most.

Even though aware it posed no threat to the enemy, Long Ye's beast tribe, following combat instinct, buried large quantities of fire oil beneath Hulu Valley of Black Stone Ridge before the enemy arrived.

Although it cannot kill the enemy, a little harassment can provide some relief.

As expected, Li Tian Mo's army indeed set up camp in Hulu Valley, the only area within a radius of nearly ten thousand li that harbors green vegetation.

Long Ye and the other beast cultivators felt both joy and regret, and a hint of fear.

This operation is their first; if no mishap occurs, it will surely succeed, but after success, the attacked enemy, once it re‑enters the Central Continent, will surely retaliate wildly, and who knows how many native beings will perish!

With such mixed emotions, they hovered at a great altitude, quietly awaiting the activation of the delayed‑detonation formation.

At this moment, at the Windwave Pavilion in the distant Green Forest Guard City, Watercloud Blue Bay, Wei Yuning and Yan Mo are casting a spell against Li Tian Mo.

At first glance, the Book of Destiny appears to be a thick ordinary tome; its only distinctive feature is its dark‑copper cover, which feels weighty.

When the cover is lifted, the pages are unusual—a layer of gray sand, and Yan Mo traces the opponent's birthdate onto the sand with a finger.

The birthdate follows the calendar of the Primordial World; beyond the birthdate, it is crucial to know the opponent's unique true name in the myriad heavens, such as Li Tian Mo, who has only one such name across all realms, allowing one to pinpoint the individual.

In other words, this Dao technique can only be completed with the assistance of the overall rules of the Primordial Realm.

The birthdate combined with an incantation, plus the opponent's unique true name.

Yan Mo mutters words at a rapid pace.

Wei Yuning perches his ears to listen carefully, yet he cannot discern any meaning.

"Help me, together!" Yan Mo suddenly says to Wei Yuning.

Having rehearsed beforehand, Wei Yuning instantly pours his divine consciousness onto the sand‑formed birthdate, uttering Li Tian Mo's name, activating the temporal Dao technique, visualizing Li Tian Mo's life to extinction, decaying into stardust, while a strand of true solar fire appears, scorching the sand‑etched characters.

Spirit Beast World, Black Stone Ridge, Hulu Valley.

"Boom—" A massive fire suddenly erupts skyward within the valley, accompanied by an extremely mournful scream.

The fear and despair in the sound makes Long Ye's heart contract sharply high above; his whole body instantly becomes rigid, and then he plummets like a stone toward the ground.

As his body spun wildly in the sky, his unclosed eyes saw his companions around him also careening uncontrollably toward the ground; what terrified him even more was that most of their seven orifices were oozing black blood, clearly indicating they were already dead.

The speed increased, the friction between body and air intensified, and ultimately Long Ye lost consciousness.

Their scout detachment turned into clusters of flame that fell to the ground, reflecting the towering firelight in Hulu Valley, causing the starlight to lose its color.